Drive ‘em out
Re “Little-Known State Law Gives No-Parking Perk,” Oct. 10
Free parking, whether in downtown lots, on the street or at work, amounts to a public subsidy for cars and is exactly the wrong direction for us to be going in a world of global warming. We need to make driving cars less convenient and public transportation, walking and bicycling more convenient.
We should eliminate free parking altogether, charge about $200 a month per vehicle and eliminate the necessity to provide off-street parking for new housing, as that is also catering to cars. If we make car ownership and use sufficiently inconvenient, we can become energy self-sufficient and end our need for wars in the Middle East.
LANE ANDERSON
Santa Barbara
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